eavesdrop
verb
1. To listen secretly to what other people are saying. – Merriam-Webster1
2. How to cop out of writing a real blog post in one easy step. – The Nut
– overheard on a city bus through the fine art of sticking my ears where they weren’t invited –
“…and all I could think of was Narnia.”
“Uh-huh…wait, what?”
“You know, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?”
“Yeah, but what about it?”
“Well the younger brother, he’s so nuts for Turkish Delight that he sells his entire family out for it, right? So when Mark was like, ‘Hey, someone gave me this box of Turkish Delight, do you want some?’ I was like, “Sweet!” all expecting it to be amazing. But it was just meh, you know? All I could think was that kid screwed over his brother and sisters for this stuff and it’s not even that great of a dessert.”
“Yeah, it’s just, like, flavored gelatin, right?”
“Something like that. Definitely not worth betraying anyone over, anyway.”
“Yeah.”
*pause*
“I’d sell out my family for cheesecake.”
“Oh my god, yes. That’s a way better deal.”
“Of course…it would have to be a really good cheesecake.”
“Of course. And it would have to be a whole cheesecake. Like, I’m not double-crossing my family over just one slice of cheesecake, you know?”
“No, that’d just be silly. Always demand a full cheesecake.”
“Damn straight.”
Today’s blog post was brought to you by the letter E, the number 1950, and the Ho Hos Before Bros Challenge, AKA the Blogging A to Z Challenge.
1 “eavesdrop.” Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, 2016. Web. 6 April 2016.
Spoken Like A True Nut 
Hahaha! Oh wow that’s priceless 😂 I don’t know if I’d sell out my family for cheesecake either though… Maybe for key lime pie though 😋
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Oooh, you are speaking my language. Good key lime pie is hard to find.
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Sage advice… Always demand a full cheesecake. BWAHAHA
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It was my sister, wasn’t it? I knew she would sell me out for a song! Sibling rivalry never dies.
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Leave the gun, take the cannoli.
(Quote from The Godfather)
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Ho Hos Before Bros Challenge – OMG, I am hoping and praying we hear more about this on your “H” letter day!
People miss half the fun if they don’t read your taglines.
http://www.thriftshopcommando.blogspot.com (No. 112 on the AtoZ list)
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I like to think of them as prizes for people who’re paying attention.
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Mmmm, cheesecake….
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I can get cheesecake at the grocery store. It may not be the best cheesecake but there’s not a huge difference between the best cheesecake I’ve ever had and the worst.
Now, creme brulee, on the other hand, has to be specially made and requires open flame in its preparation.
And they should have sent Eustace to Constantinople. Wait, it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople. Why’d Constantinople get the works? That’s nobody’s business but the Turks’.
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Why they changed it, I can’t say.
But I do quite like my crème brûléed.
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OMG do you guys have The Cheesecake Shop in the States? All of their cheesecakes and cakes are fantastic. An entire SHOPFUL of sweet, sweet betrayal. Very popular at birthday parties.
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Don’t know about the States, ’cause I’m a Canuck.;) But there’s a cafe just down the street from me that sells the best cheesecake I’ve ever had in my life. Walking past it without going in and ordering a slice is the hardest part of my day.
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Goodness, I loathe Turkish Delight, and too much makes anyone sick – I always puzzled over this when reading The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe! Hello nu, I follow you anyway, but visiting on my way round the A-Z. ~Liz http://www.lizbrownleepoet.com
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It would have to be Cyrus O’Leary Turtle Cheesecake. But yes … I’d sell out my family for that.
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